Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-08-03
WOOL WORKERS.
Detailed Account OF the New
Association Formed in Utah
for ITS Handling.
The Seal Fisheries. A Captain
Gets an Opinion Relative to
Making Seizures.
WOOL SHIPPING.
How the Fleecy Product Is Handled by an
Association In Utah.

How the Fieecy Product Is Handled by an
Association In Utah.
The following Nephi Utah corre-
spondence to the Salt Lake Tribune,
shows how wool growers association
in that section successfully handle their
wool: But the wool interest is biggest
Of all now In point Of value. This Is
the headquarters Of the Wool Growers
Association of Southern Utah. organ.
lzed last September with an exclusive
membership of sheep owners. Its
prime object Is to do away with the
services OF middle men, and for pro.
ducers TO deal directly with purchasers
in the east. The plan is working
well. The association has slreauy
shipped over 100000 pounds of wool,
and Is sending forward one to three
carloads per day. Two Ingersoll
presses are kept busy baling wool, and
quite number of men are employed
about the warehouses. Before the as.
sOciation began operations, three wool
and hide houses were operating here.
Two have Withdrawn because of the
success of the association. The plan
is simple and good. Members of the
association bring their wool here. 1t
is weighed, receipted for, but in bales
marked. showing lot, number, etc, so
that the wool will 90 to either Boston
or Philadelphia tor sale. On reaching
the eastern market the lot il "sorted"
by the agent and report of the sorts
Is sent back. Ii IL sold to the highest
bidder and returns made to the firm
here. Being kept separate each ship.
per gets what his wool brings in the
east, less the cost Of baling, handling.
freight, etc. The returns so far have
been satisfactory to the wool men,
none Of them getting less than from
three to six cents a pound more than
they were offered by local buyers.
The association in handling this wool
deducts / Of a cent q pound for ex.
penses. The bank here advances
from to I the market value on con.
sisnments and charges at the rate OF 5
per cent per annum for the money to
the time of receipt from the east, thus
enabling sh ,ep men TO get money on
their wool as soon as shipped.
The success Of this association Is
phenomenal and its stability assured.
The energetic and thorough manner
in which the business is conducted in.
dicate that no novice is at the helm.
]. L. Clinton, secretary Of the associs-
tion. long connected with the Utah
Central, Is the manager, ana be l.
here, there and every where, wher.
ever duty calls him, and nothing es-
capes his keen observation, and his
system of records, marking and doing
business is so complete as to prevent
mistakes. He is ably assisted by Ed.
Booth. assistant secretary, who is al
ways at his post, and by Mr.. Alma
Hague, one Of the most prominent
men in Nepbi, who il treasurer las
he ia also cashier Of the Nephi Ma
tional bank. He sudits all the &C.
counts and makes all payments for the
association. Not only does the associ-
alton ship the wool growers in Utah,
but Arizona and Nevada are contrib
uting tens Of thousands of pounds to
swell the shipments. One lot Of 7o, ooO
pounds from Nevada is being baled,
and q lot of 100000 pounds left
Tecoma, Nevada, q day or two ago tc
go east via San Francisco and the
Sunset route. IL costs from Nephi "a
Boston Sl.9s Per 100 pounds; from
Tecoma, via San Francisco, to Boston,
So per 100 pounds, while to ship from
Tecoms to Ogden, 1t costs sl.s0 per loo
pounds, even IL We have an inter -state
law. Mr.. Clinton says the shipmc nts
OF the association from here this sea
son will aggregate nearly two million
pounds of wool.